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Map Libraries

Map libraries have organized Internet resources for ease of use, including bibliographies, digitized maps, aerial photographs, elevation models, and remote sensing images. Some libraries make local data available through their home pages, so it is worth checking several library sites for information.

• Oddens’s bookmarks
  A comprehensive listing of maps and map-related sites. Maintained by Roelof Oddens at the University of Utrecht, this site is a good starting point and contains over 22000 links to maps, atlases, map libraries, cartography sites and related materials.
• Bodleian Library Map Room
  The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. The site includes the map case, a collection of digitized historic maps.
• Broer Map Library
  Although the site includes maps scanned and saved on their server, the Broer Map Library historic map index is a one of a kind search engine pointing to digitized maps which may be held elsewhere.
• Geography Home Page
  By About.com. This commercial site functions like a library. Includes many links to libraries and government sites, as well as articles and educational activities.
• geology.com
  By Dr. Hobart King of the Department of Geography & Geology at Mansfield University, this site includes maps and satellite images of many areas, including the United States.
• Geography & Maps
  A listing of various geographic information sites maintained by the St. Charles City County Library District - Missouri.
• Gettysburg College Digital Collections
  The John H. Stuckenberg Map Collection is maintained by the Special Collections at Musselman Library of Gettysburg College.
• Harvard Map Collection
  Click on the Harvard University Library Map Collection page for links to a variety of map related sites.
• Map Collection
  The University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection pages offer links to Cartographic and Geographic Web Sites, and Georgia Sources.
• Online Map Catalogs in North America and Europe
  Intended as introduction for researchers who need basic information about how to find and use online map catalogs.
• The World of Maps - Die Welt der Karten
  Not to be confused with the map dealer of the same name, this library site includes a special catalogue of maps of Switzerland.

Interactive Mapping

There are many online services which allow the creation of maps. For this page, “Interactive Mapping” includes sites which allow maps to be displayed or generated from the most current information. While every map is a snapshot reflecting conditions at a particular time, this page links to maps which may be more current than those in the Digitized Maps section.

Most interactive maps are for the United States and Canada due to liberal copyright rules, but such services are available for other countries as well. For countries other than the ones listed below, browse in the Map Libraries, above, some of which include lists of Interactive Mapping Sites.

Worldwide coverage

• Coastline Extractor
  Using an electronic form, this NOAA site allows extraction of coastline segments bounded by a specified latitude/longitude range and plots the coast extracted. Data sets may also be exported in MATLAB and Arc Ungenerate format (works with Arc/Info, and can be converted to a Shape file that ArcView can read). Tools make it possible to convert data to MapInfo format. Created by Rich Signell of the U.S. Geological Survey, this tool is now part of a suite of pages at NOAA’s Shoreline / Coastline Data page.
• Google Earth
  A version of Google Earth is free for personal use, but must be downloaded and installed.
• Google Maps
  Browsable maps and images of the Earth. Views include Map, Satellite, and Terrain (shaded relief).
• Landsat images (GeoCover data)
  Produced, under NASA contract, by Earth Satellite Corporation for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Scientific Data Purchase Program, this site serves up Landsat images using MrSid software.
• Map24
  While the UK site is limited to Western European countries, the Swiss version links to maps of Australia, South America, South Africa, and selected countries in the Middle East. Users may zoom to street level with a few clicks and read information on restaurants, parking locations, and cultural sites for some areas. North America has a site, as do and Southern Africa and Brazil.
• MSN Maps & Directions (absorbed MapBlast!)
  Produce a map to order of streets in the United States and selected other areas. Includes basic maps of many European cities.
• WikiMapia
  A Web 2.0 project to describe the whole planet Earth. Created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev, inspired by Google maps and Wikipedia, it gives Google Earth-like functionality without requiring special software.
• NASA World Wind
  World Wind software is free but must be downloaded and installed. According to the site, the software “lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.”

Europe

• Multimap.com — “Online Maps to Everywhere”
  This site offers free street-level maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. Australia and World areas are are also included, but coverage may be limited to small scale maps only. Scales vary with location. Ordnance Survey data and maps are protected by Crown copyright.
• Map24
  Map24 offer road and street maps of many parts of the world, including Europe and Iceland.
• Maps of Railway-Networks
  Designed for trainspotters, this site features maps of European railway lines.
• mapa.szukacz.pl (Map of Poland)
  An interactive map of Poland, in Polish.

North America

• Map24
  Road and street maps of North America (Canada, United States of America, and Mexico).

Canada

• National Atlas of Canada
  The official site of the National Atlas of Canada. Users may choose an English or French interface. Includes Toporama (topographic maps). Maps 101 - Topographic Maps, The Basics provides more information.
• GeoGratis
  A web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada. Data is available for download, without charge. Vector mapping data is available in scales ranging from 1:250 000 to 1:30 000 000 in a variety of file formats. Similarly, several types of full resolution satellite imagery are on-line. Please note that some files are large, therefore plan to download outside Eastern Standard Time peak hours.
• The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book
  Focuses on the Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, and their importance.
• Mapping Canada
  A product of Canadian Geographic.
• Resources for Teaching & Learning About Canadian Geography
  A fairly extensive teaching site. Materials for a wide range of users.

México

• Localidades de México
  A collection of towns in Mexico, sorted by States and Municipalities, and showing also data like population of each place, as well as a satellite interactive map of each location. Labels in Spanish.

United States of America

• National Atlas of the United States
  Official site of the National Atlas of the United States, supports mapping by users, and includes links to various atlas maps.
• Google Maps
  Google's interactive maps. Driving directions between locations are also available.
• Live Search Maps
  MSN's interactive maps. Driving directions between locations are also available.
• Map24
  Map24 has a variety of websites which offer road and street maps of many parts of the world, including Europe, Iceland, North America, and Southern Africa.
• Maps On Us : A Division of Switchboard.com
  “Switchboard acquired Maps On Us (www.MapsOnUs.com) in 1998. Consistently ranked as one of the top 20 most visited travel sites on the Web, Maps On Us provides advanced mapping and driving directions throughout the United States.”
• Maptech Online Maps
  The Maptech Map Server offers maps based on U.S. Federal maps. Other resources include scanned editions of current and historic topographic maps. Includes a link to order a print of the area being displayed.
• MapQuest
  Coverage limited to the United States.
• IPUMS Homepage
  Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) is Census microdata for social and economic research. Made available by the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) of the University of Minnesota.
• Social Explorer
  Based at Queens College of the City University of New York, their objective is to help visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. Primary functions include Demographic Data Analysis, Interactive Map/Report Design and Software Development. Their main goal is to visually display the demographic change that has occurred in the U.S. since 1790 through the present from the county level up to national level data.
• US-Mex DDViewer 3.1
  An interactive application that provides rapid, interactive data mapping, viewing, and analysis of more than 200 socioeconomic variables that are congruent between the United States and Mexico. May be used for browsing and visualizing patterns at geographic levels ranging from regions to counties/municipios or to map population, vital statistic, land area, and household data.
• Wetlands Online Mapper
  Produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

More GIS-related sites may be found among the Map Libraries links, above.

• GIS Dictionary
  This dictionary includes terms from GIS operations; from GIS applications; the fields of cartography, spatial statistics, computer science, surveying, geodesy, and remote sensing; and ESRI software-specific terminology.
• The GIS Gateway
  This page, maintained by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, offers connections to many Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources available on the Internet.
• The Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
  By Philip Hoehn and Mary Lynette Larsgaard. Designed by John Creaser.
• AGI GIS Dictionary
  This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information and the University of Edinburgh Department of Geography.
• The Ultimate GIS Search Engine
  This site claims to offer “a comprehensive search engine retrieving content from more than 100,000 pages on the GeoCommunity website and from thousands of hand-picked GIS, Geo-Spatial, Remote Sensing, CAD, and Location-Based Industry Websites.”

Digitized Maps

Some online maps are digitized from paper originals while others were “born digital.” The maps listed below represent snapshots in time and space and may not be as current as the Interactive Mapping sites listed above.

Selected digitized maps. For more comprehensive listings, explore online Map Libraries.

Climate Change Maps

University of Delaware Library Resources for Climate Change offers additional resources. The sites below offer a sampling of climate change maps.

• Climate Connections
  Hosted by National Public Radio in cooperation with National Geographic.
• European Environmental Agency: Climate Change
  Includes a section of maps and graphs.
• Sea level Rise and its Effect on Delaware
  This document describes the effects of climate change on sea level rise and how it will affect Delaware.
• Next Generation Earth maps
  Associated with the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

General Maps

• An Atlas of Cyberspaces
  This project covers 1997-2004.
• Cartothèque
  French-language thematic mapping resource. “Tous les grands sujets de géographie, de l’actualité française et internationale, politique, économique et sociale, sur les évolutions du monde contemporain y sont abordés. Elle propose des cartes à différentes échelles, des plus locales aux planétaires mais également à différents niveaux d’analyse, des découpages administratifs et des frontières à des documents de synthèse géopolitique.”
• Consolidated Lunar Atlas
  The Lunar and Planetary Institute atlas is a collection of the best photographic images of the moon and includes links to companion lunar atlases.
• Spatial Patterns of Natural Hazards Mortality in the United States
  Published in BioMed Central's International Journal of Health Geographics, this report includes maps of natural hazard mortality in the United States at the county-level.
• A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems
  Produced by researchers from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
• Internet Filtering Map
  Produced by the OpenNet Initiative.
• Navigate LA
  Digitized mapping of Los Angeles, California by the City’s Bureau of Engineering. Autodesk MapGuide Viewer 5 (which is available for download) is required to view the maps on this site. “This application has been provided to allow easy access and a visual display of City information and services as well as access to information from other sources.”
• A Tapestry of Time and Terrain: The Union of Two Maps - Geology and Topography
  This work merges two types of thematic mapping for the continental United States, forming a new map which can be viewed in a number of ways.
• ReliefWeb
  A gateway to information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters, ReliefWeb is administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
• Strange Maps
  Worldpress.com hosts an entertaining collection of maps of both real and fictional places.
graphic maps.

Historical Maps

• 16th- Early 20th Century Maps of Africa
  “This site features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid 16th Century to the early 20th Century. All scanned maps are authentic and originally collected by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (or the Africana Library) at Northwestern University.”
• Images of early maps on the web
  This collection is part of ‘History’, the web site of the Institute of Historical Research, London, and maintained by Tony Campbell. It has a companion page, Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography (including online map exhibitions) which is also worth a look.
• Boundaries of the United States and the Several States
  From United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1212, the animated map displays boundary changes of the United States from 1650 to 1950.
• Cartes historiques canadiennes (1901)
  In French, from the Université d’Ottawa.
• Canada at Scale
  An online exhibit with many antique map images, by the National Archives of Canada.
• Mapoteca do Corpus Territorial do Sul
  Campo Arqueológico de Tavira (a non-profit archaeological association of South Portugal) presents on its site a digital version of the 1634 O atlas de Pedro Texeira (depicting the Portuguese coast and territory). The site includes other images of maps of Portugal published between 1579 and c. 1870.
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Iniative
  The ECAI digital atlas is a globally federated collection of hundreds of networked digital projects created by libraries, museums and archives, and by scholars in history, the humanities and the social sciences. They are linked together through a metadata clearinghouse and visualized on a GIS viewer. Approximately three hundred affiliated projects are visible in a Project List.
• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
  Focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
• Federation of East European Family History Societies
  The fifty maps here cover all of Central and Eastern Europe, Siberia and Asian Russia in 1882: the Austrian, German and Russian Empires, Balkans, Finland and Greece. Most of the maps at this site were scanned in from the Comprehensive Atlas and Geography of the World published in 1882 by Blackie & Sons of Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
  “This resource for K-12 teachers and students developed by the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library is designed to bring historically significant map documents into your classroom. Inside are high quality images of historic map documents that illustrate the geographical dimensions of American history. Each map is accompanied by lesson plans written for four grade levels and designed to support a variety of social studies, history, and geography curricula.”
• Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
  The Historical Atlas of Canada project published three volumes which explored major themes and episodes in the history of Canada using maps, text and graphics. Now, the Online Learning Project makes many of the maps and much of the research data created for the Atlas available online.
• Historical Map and Chart Collection
  This Office of Coast Survey site provides links to gif and tiff images of older charts produced by the Survey. Gif images may be viewed online while tiff images may be downloaded. This page links to NOAA’s Historical Map & Chart Project Catalog, from which chart images may be searched, viewed, and downloaded.
• Maptech’s Historical maps
  Scanned USGS topographic maps of many states.
• Historic Maps of Canada
  Digital images collected by the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives.
• Long Island Maps and Their Makers
  By David Yehling Allen. Long Island has a cartographic history reaching back almost five centuries. Here can be found a sample of the many ways in which mapmakers have shown Long Island—ranging in time from the first explorers' charts to recent digital maps.
• MAGIC Historical Map Collection
  Most maps in this collection are of Connecticut, but scanned images of other areas are included. Uses Mr.SID software.
• Maps of Delaware
  The Historic Map Collection of the University of Delaware Libraries Special Collections Department comprises over 800 published maps dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.
• Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library
  The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of more than 800 historical maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. Only 20% of the map holdings are currently represented in the digital library.
• Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark
  Digitized maps and text from an exhibit displayed in the Tracy W. McGregor Room, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
• Texas Bird’s-Eye Views
  The name describes it well. Produced by the Amon Carter Museum, this collection is made possible by a generous grant from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation representing BNSF Railway Company.
• Virtual Jamestown
  This innovative online exhibit from the University of Virginia contains digitized maps and virtual panoramas.
• Maps section of the Internet Resources for World History
  Additional links are available from the Internet Resources for World History page.

Military Maps

• World War II Maps
  This site with digitized maps and more was authored by Steve Schoenherr, Professor of History at the University of San Diego.
• Korean War Maps
  Battle maps of the Korean War are available from the Korean War Project homepage.

Online Gazetteers

Place names may be found more readily using online gazetteers.

• Place Name Servers on the Internet
  This extensive listing of online gazetteers was compiled by Linda Zellmer of the Arizona State University Libraries and includes links to many national databases in addition to the direct links listed below.
• Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server Client
  Worldwide coverage, the principal sources of data for this collection were the U.S. Geological Survey’s GNIS database and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's GNS database.
• Canada’s Official Geographical Names [English]
  An “interactive and authoritative source of over 500,000 geographical names in Canada, maintained by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN). By combining this server and the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB), we are providing a simple reference service which includes basic locational information and maps that are easy to download.”
• Federation of East European Family History Societies
  The FEEFHS maintains an index of all surnames, placenames, societies and every unique word in their 125,592-word Web site.
• Geographic Names Information System
  The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) maintains this online form for searching its official geographic names system including all of the named features on its very detailed 7.5-minute maps of the United States.
• GEOnet Names Server
  The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. Information in this database has been used to prepare and publish the series of foreign country gazetteers approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN).
• The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
  Uses data from the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Geographic Names Database (GNDB) to support searching for names of Central and Eastern Europe towns.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
  “The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but with the potential for wide applications in related disciplines such as archeology, history and geography. For example, geographic names from the thesaurus can be used to record the current location of the art object, its place of origin, the loci of activity of the artist, and the sites of the artist's birth and death. The TGN is the only available geographical resource that is both hierarchical and global in scope.”

Online Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Other Tools

Selected online versions of a variety of handy tools for users of charts, maps, and spatial information.

• Country by Country Listing of the World's Highest Points
• Datums, ellipsoids, grids, and grid reference systems
  This Defense Mapping Agency manual describes the basic principles of the Military Grid Reference System and the non-standard reference systems. Listed among many manuals in the Geospatial Sciences: Publications page.
• Elevations and Distances in the United States (online edition)
  Full text of a booklet compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey to answer inquiries.
• How far is it?
  "This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server."
• History of Cartography Project (University of Wisconsin)
  This site advertises "the History of Cartography Project [which] is a research, editorial, and publishing endeavor drawing international attention to the history of maps and mapping. The Project’s major work is a multi-volume illustrated book series titled The History of Cartography, published by the University of Chicago Press." The Web site contains samples from this work, including many digitized images of historical maps and charts.
• Map History / History of Cartography
  Tony Campbell, Map Librarian (retired), British Library, London created this gateway to the subject, a Web site devoted to the history of cartography or the study of early maps. This page intended for anyone potentially interested in non-current maps who wants to know how to find out more about them. The site comprises both a General Guide to the various aspects of map history and links to relevant Web Sites. The site includes images of early maps.
• Latitude
  Designed for students, this site includes highly readable pages dealing with ships, beacons, maps, latitude, compass roses, Earth's magnetism, traditional sailing, the science of sailing, coastal navigation, ocean currents, ocean weather, longitude, traditional astronomy, math in maps, and calendars.
• Maps 101 - Topographic Maps, The Basics
  This site provides many facts about topographic maps produced by Canada's Centre for Topographic Information of Natural Resources Canada.
• Map Projections
  Paul B. Anderson’s collection of Map Projections with PDF Graphics Optimized for printing from the Browser.
• Origins of the Compass Rose
  Part of Bill Thoen’s GIS Notebook.
• Road Map Information
  The Road Map Collectors of America make available several online guides. The carto-bibliography, Official Maps Master List attempts to catalog all known "official" state and provincial highway maps. Dating Rand and Gousha maps serves those wishing to interprete date codes on Rand McNally and H.M. Gousha maps. Interpreting Rand Codes imparts additional information on Rand map date codes.
• Map Scales
  • HTML and PDF versions of the handy guide explaining scales used in USGS maps.
  • Mathematical data for bibliographic descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data, by Jan Smits, Map Curator, Koninklijke Bibliotheek of The Netherlands.
• Topographic Map Symbols
  (also available in PDF) An HTML version of the handy guide to interpreting USGS topographic maps. Includes links to other USGS guides.
• Superseded U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Nautical Chart Conversion Table
  Courtesy of the Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
• World Heritage List
  A listing of the 552 properties which the World Heritage Committee has inscribed on the World Heritage List. Site maintained by UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Online Bibliographies and Journals

• base line
  “A newsletter of the Map and Geography Round Table” of the American Library Association.
• Current Geographical Publications
  A non-profit service to the scholarly community since it was initiated in 1938 by the American Geographical Society. Additions to the research catalogue of the American Geographical Society Collection at the Golda Meir Library of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• MapForum.Com
  A “Specialist Antique Map Magazine” with illustrated articles of interest to cartographers, students and map collectors. Includes links to map auctions and dealers.
• NCGIA Annual GIS Bibliographic Series
  The GIS bibliographies from 1991-1998 list conference proceedings and various compendiums of interest to GIS researchers. Produced by the Raymond H. Fogler Library and the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at the University of Maine.
• Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps
  This checklist was compiled by Claire Englander (University of California Library, Berkeley) and Philip Hoehn (David Rumsey Collection, San Francisco.)
• List of Published Soil Surveys by State
  This lists of published soil surveys produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with State agricultural experiment stations and other Federal and State agencies. State lists are available as separate files, including one for Delaware.

Remote Sensing Images

• One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
  Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this atlas compares and contrasts spectacular satellite images of the past few decades with contemporary ones, some of which have never been seen before.
• NOAA’s Operational Significant Event Imagery
  A collection of high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland.
• NASA’s Visible Earth
  “A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth.”
• GeoEye
  Dealer in remote sensing images. Site includes a gallery of free images.
• SPOT Image Corporation
  Dealer in remote sensing images. Site includes sample free images.
• Microsoft terraserver
  The images in the Microsoft(r) TerraServer Web site come from two sources. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides georectified digitized aerial photographs (known as digital orthophotoquads). SPIN-2 provides high-resolution satellite images, products of a joint Russian/American venture to market declassified satellite photographs from sophisticated Russian mapping satellites.
• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
  “The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) is internationally recognized as a leading centre of excellence in the use of earth-observation data.”
• NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
  The SRTM data flight occurred Feb. 11-22, 2000 on STS-99 and successfully fulfilled all mission objectives. Following a lengthy calibration and validation phase, the 12 terabytes of raw data are currently being processed into digital elevation maps. In January, 2002, NASA began public distribution of some smaller data sets from sites within the United States.
• Google Earth
  Free software must be downloaded and installed. Images copyrighted by Google.
• NASA World Wind
  Free software must be downloaded and installed. Allows viewing of public domain remote sensing images.
• TerraFly
  Designed to change the way people view the world, this system requires one to enter an address, and the system allows one to explore digital images of the earth. A joint project of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Florida International University (FIU).

Professional Organizations and Institutes

• Geological Surveys & Natural Resources Departments, Associations & Societies
  This extensive listing is maintained by the Earth Sciences & Map Library at the University of California Berkeley.
• Other Map Libraries and Related Organizations
  A listing from the John R. Borchert Map Library at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).
• International Map Collectors’ Society
  “The International Map Collectors’ Society (IMCoS) is a non-profit organisation based in London that serves as a forum for those who are interested in maps. It brings together a unique and diverse group of collectors, dealers, librarians and academics.”
• International Map Trade Organization (IMTA)
  “IMTA members are the companies that create and sell the maps, atlases, globes and map-related products you use. Find a map specialty retailer, anywhere in the world. Link to publishers and retailers on the web. Find information on maps, geography and mapping technology.”
• The Road Map Collectors of America
  “The Road Map Collectors of America is a group of road map collectors throughout North America and Great Britain who have have joined together to promote the hobby and network with trading partners.”

Commercial Vendors, Publishers, and United States Mapping Agencies

The following vendors and publishers make map and map-related information available at World Wide Web sites. Listing of these vendors does not imply endorsement of their products and services by the University of Delaware.

Commercial Vendors and Publishers | Antique, Historical and Reproduction Maps | United States Mapping Agencies

Commercial Vendors and Publishers

• International Map Trade Organization (IMTA)
  Many vendors and publishers are members of IMTA. Selected direct links follow, below.
• Blue Monocle Maps
  Produces prints of antique maps from the 15th through the early 20th centuries.
• Commercial Map Dealers
  The map dealers listed on this page have contacted the Road Map Collectors of America and asked to be included.
• Collins-Bartholomew Mapping Services
  A division of HarperCollins Publishers, they publish digital products as well as printed maps and atlases.
• DeLorme
  DeLorme is known for its high quality paper and digital maps, which may be used with GPS. They also publish atlases and gazetteers.
• Digital Vector Maps
  A commercial service selling editable vector maps in Adobe Illustrator and PDF format.
• ESRI
  Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc, is a leading vendor of GIS software.
• East View Cartographic
  A leading provider of maps and geospatial data.
• MapArt
  MapArt Publishing, Canada’s largest map publisher, produces maps, guides, and software.
• MapLink
  “Map Link is the largest distributor of maps in the world.” They maintain a retail site for the general public.
• MAPublisher
  MAPublisher by Avenza Systems Inc. is cartographic software for working with GIS data in Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand.
• Maps of the Past
  “Maps of the Past, Inc. offers over 1,500 restored historical maps.”
• National Geographic Society
  A long time publisher and vendor of maps and geographic materials.
• National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
  The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000.
• Omnimap.com
  Omnimap.com sells digital and printed maps as well as cartographic products.
• TerraServer
  TerraServer allows users to buy to buy satellite imagery on-line.
• Treaty Oak
  Treaty Oak is a map distributor specializing in maps of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Ultimate Appalachian Trail Store
  Specializing in books and merchandise about or related to the Appalachian Trail.
• World of Maps
  “Not your average map store.”

Antique, Historical and Reproduction Maps

• Archival Maps
  Archival Maps offers reproductions of maps, book illustrations, ahd photographs from the collections of the Library Of Congress on 100% rag, acid free paper. This site offers small online images of the items available for purchase.
• The Gold Bug
  The Gold Bug is a small company providing historical information and software. They offer a large selection of reproductions of early maps of the U.S., Europe and the world, going back to the 16th century. Their atlas software is designed to aid in historical research.
• Historical Map and Chart Collection
  Scanned images of historical maps and nautical charts, by the Office of Coast Survey.
• Old Maps & Gazetteer Excerpts of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut & New York Cities, Towns & Villages from Historical Ink
  “Historical Ink maps are reproduced on natural-color parchment, slightly reduced in size from the originals.” Selected maps are offered for the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Also offered are edited town descriptions, excerpted from state gazetteers written in the 1800s.
• Olde Yankee Map and Photo Shoppe
  A source for panoramic photographs, panoramic maps, and war posters.

United States Government Mapping Agencies

The United States federal government is possibly the world’s largest publisher, producing hundreds of new maps each year. Many titles are included in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. Maps also appear on agency websites.

• Bureau of the Census
  The Bureau of the Census is reponsible for the decennial censuses and produces a variety of demographic mapping products.
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA was formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
  Topographic maps, publications and digital products are available for sale from a variety of sources.
• The Federal Aviation Administration distributes FAA and NGA aeronautical charts and related products.
  Catalogs and price lists are available online.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  The National Ocean Service produces and sells nautical charts and related products. The Office of Coast Survey offers information on navigational charts and publications. Zoomify-powered, NOAA’s On-Line Chart Viewer helps users identify charts and supports close up views of small areas. (Requires Adobe Flash Player to view images.) To ensure that mariners know which charts are current, Dates of Latest Editions is updated daily.
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  USGS Maps, Products, and Publications offers catalogs and finding aids linking users to a wealth of information and includes links to USGS sales. USGS map lists can be generated online. Price lists and a directory of USGS product retailers is also available.
• Environmental Protection Agency
  EPA's EnviroMapper can be used to view and query EPA-regulated facility information stored in the Envirofacts Warehouse. It can also be used to view environmental statistics, profiles, and trends; environmental information for US metropolitan areas participating in the Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) project; environmental information for watersheds; and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The EPA also produces ozone maps in season as part of its EMPACT, Environmental Monitoring for Public Access & Community Tracking program.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency produces maps of flood plains and hurricane tracks. To view or order maps, visit the FEMA Map Service Center.
• National Wetlands Inventory Center
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) produced hard copy National Wetlands Inventory Maps but now makes this data available online. Users may download data, or view Wetlands Online Mapper to search for wetlands.
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  The DHS site includes Mapping Immigration: Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs).